The “ Disciplined Subjectivity ” of Meta-Analysis
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A critique of the 2005 Cochrane review of randomized controlled trials comparing home-like versus hospital settings for birth ( Hodnett, Downe, Edwards, & Walsh, 2005 ) has focused debate on methodological challenges of meta-analysis. Criticism centered on criteria used to assess studies for inclusion and quality of the underlying studies, particularly whether they defi ned and controlled the treatment in each arm suffi ciently to ensure that trials offered valid comparisons between two discrete conditions ( Fahy & Tracy, 2007 ).
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تاریخ انتشار 2008